Revelation 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. 18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: 18:13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

Conclusion.
The devil is an employer of different social class in the business of rituals. His objectives are to hasten people to hell and pervert devine destiny of people of God.
Solution.
Knowledge, Wisdom and Power.

"That they must know God and Jesus Christ that Thou has sent". Such is Faith, Hope and Life.

Sometimes they work.

you restricted your definition of rituals to human sacrifices.... a ritual is an act done in this plane that is said to have a corresponding effect in the spiritual.... it mustn't necessarily be blood ritual

oaroloye:
Sometimes they work.

How?